The Dog Stars
Ratings6
Average rating3.5
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Ratings6
Average rating3.5
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this "end-of-the-world novel more like a rapturous beginning" (San Francisco Chronicle), Hig somehow survived the flu pandemic that killed everyone he knows. His gripping story is "an ode to friendship between two men...the strong bond between a human and a dog, and a reminder of what is worth living for" (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). Hig's wife is gone, his friends are dead, and he lives in the hangar of a small abandoned airport with his dog, Jasper, and a mercurial, gun-toting misanthrope named Bangley. But when a random transmission beams through the radio of his 1956 Cessna, the voice ignites a hope deep inside him that a better life exists outside their tightly controlled perimeter. Risking everything, he flies past his point of no return and follows its static-broken trail, only to find something that is both better and worse than anything he could ever hope for.
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Tender; gentle; smart — not your run-of-the-mill postapocalyptic novel. Damn, I enjoyed this! It hooked me from the beginning and kept me rapt the whole way through despite the choppy writing, too-perfect characters, one-dimensional villains, and an Infinite Improbability drive turned on Eleven; and I can't even tell you why. It's just a great story with noble characters, tough situations, and vivid imagery.
(Oh and FWIW there's no comparison to Cormac McCarthy, whose writing I can't abide).
I loved this story about starting again in a new world. There's joy and heartbreak, excitement and serenity. I liked Hig's interactions with Bangley and especially with his dog Jasper.
